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Skiing might be regarded as one of the more expensive sports around – but it certainly doesn’t have to be like this. To highlight how you can ski on a budget, we asked several experts from the field just what their top tips were to save money and have a great time on the slopes.

After the success of the Grand Depart earlier this year, it has now been confirmed that Yorkshire will host its own international cycling event in 2015. We will now take a look at Tour de Yorkshire in more detail and highlight what can be expected from the forthcoming race

Equestrian holidays really can be the best way to experience another culture, cuisine and sheer beauty of a country whilst looking between the ears of your trusty steed. Here, in our latest blog entry, we take a look at some of the most cultural destinations you can head off to.

As scary as it may seem, the ski season is almost upon us. Over the last few years more and more resorts are combining the slopes with the ultimate party experience. Here, we take at our favourite five in the world to show just what you should be targeting when you next jet away on your winter escape.

Every so often there is a boxing match which captivates the world’s attention and on September 13, that occasion has come around again. This time it revolves around Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana, in a bout that resembles the same one that occurred just several months ago at the start of May. Here, we scrutinise the fight in detail.

It’s one of the fastest growing sports in the world, so it should come as no surprise to see that MMA has generated several exciting headlines through the course of the year. From fights that leave the crowd exasperated for all the wrong reasons, to legal battles between fighters and the authorities, here are the five biggest stories to have arisen from the sport over the course of 2014.

It’s captivated the attention of millions of fitness enthusiasts and trail running is threatening to take over the running world. Here, we take a look at the craze in a beginner’s guide to highlight the ins and outs of the sport.

“No pain, no gain” is one of the biggest clichés in the world, but unfortunately it’s completely true. This also happens to mean that a lot of us hate to exercise, although there are particular grievances that are more common than others. To find out exactly what prevents the nation from exercising, we asked seventeen different fitness bloggers exactly what they hate most about keeping fit. Some of the answers are interesting to say the least...

They are often the first man in the squad to be blamed and most of us remember the howlers as opposed to the great saves. Some would say that goalkeepers receive a raw deal over the course of the season and to highlight how each one from the Premier League truly performed, we’ve put together the following league table based on the 2013/14 season.

With the 2014/15 campaign now just around the corner, all of the top kits have been released as the countdown to the big kick-off continues. To highlight the huge scale of the football shirt manufacturing industry, the following graphic shows just how each Premier League side fares financially against one another, as well as the deals that top European and international teams have carved.